What point was Obama making when he said 'If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen' ?
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President Barack Obama addressed supporters in Roanoke, Virginia on Saturday afternoon and took a shot at the business community. President Obama dismissed any credit business owners give themselves for their success:
There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me -- because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t -- look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something -- there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there. (Applause.)
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.
The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don’t do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires.
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Mrs. maggot 2012/07/16 12:13:21Other Thoughts!
+24Ok Mr. Obama, just exactly who was it that got up before sunrise to cook from scratch several varieties of soup each day. Who was it that hand crafted each and every specialty sandwich and salad? Who washed those dishes ran the cash register and mopped the floors? My little "mom and pop" was very successful and with the exception of my one employee who worked as a waitress from 8am to 2pm and my mom who handled the register through the lunch rush, I seem to have different ideas about small business than you do...
his teleprompter is getting some really bad material sent to it !
and his programmed minnions are getting thier fair share of extra strenght koolaid here lately ..
the founding fathers ideals moral & values is being burnt at the stake !
this POBAMA needs to go !
How can anyone listen to his rhetoric and still vote for this man?
None the less he is saying with out the 'infra-structure' roads and other shovel ready jobs, and 'innovations that the govt provides', like when A Gore invented the internet and etc, then people probably would not succeed.
So the govt is the reason any business grows and is successful. Now if they are a failure then that is Bush's fault and they are victims of class warfare and global warming.
He wasn't slamming people who succeed. He was just point out that when we succeed, we should never forget all the people who provided the stepping stones that we used to reach our success.
Over the years our Government has grown and at the same time the Private sector is able to produce less. What has stood in the way of American productivity is
"the Government"
Who should we blame for that? His marxist teachers, his social justice preachers, his funnelled money to ACORN, the Center of Progress and the anti american anti business Moveon .org and the funny money that made Obama's life so easy, his free ride living made from skimming money meant to help the less fortunate.
I believe this is Obama's exact plan. If it isn't, he is doing exactly what he would do if it was.
The last time the country was this divided, it resulted in civil war. IMHO, I believe that civil anarchy is Obama's ultimate goal. When it happens, he will have the justification he is wanting to declare Marshall Law and invoke complete government power. (read that his power since he has virtually declared himself a King already).
If you're a success it's because you had parents who supported you and raised you with a 'can do' outlook; you had teachers who taught you how to do math, how to present your product, maybe a science or shop teacher who trained you to build things or figure things out. If you produce a product, you're supported by the people that drive trucks carrying your products; those trucks drive on roads built by many other persons. We are, as a nation, inter-dependent on each other.
Yes, we do have to make our own way and make our own success but when you think about it, we all rely on someone else to do their job well so that we can do our job well.
He wasn't slamming people who succeed. He was just point out that when we succeed, we should never forget all the people who provided the stepping stones that we used to reach our success.